IP Library Granted Patent US 11,431,059
Granted Patent B2
US 11,431,059 · App. 16/975,467 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Battery pack

Inventors: Masaya Nakano (Osaka, JP); Jyunichi Fukumori (Hyogo, JP); Kazuaki Fukutome (Hyogo, JP); Hiroshi Arikawa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
H01M50/394H01M50/20H01M50/35
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Patent No.
US 11,431,059
App. No.
16/975,467
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a battery pack, a battery core pack is housed in an outer case where a gas discharge hole is closed by a breathable waterproof sheet, a design sheet is disposed to cover the breathable waterproof sheet, a gas groove is provided between the breathable waterproof sheet and the design sheet, and the gas groove communicates with a discharge side of the breathable waterproof sheet.

Claims (28)

1. A battery pack comprising a battery core pack housed in an outer case where a gas discharge hole is closed with a breathable waterproof sheet,

wherein a design sheet covering the breathable waterproof sheet is fixed to the outer case,

the outer case further includes a gas groove on an adhesive surface where the design sheet is fixed,

wherein the outer case includes:

a first adhesive surface where the breathable waterproof sheet is attached, on an outer side of an outer peripheral edge of the gas discharge hole, and

a second adhesive surface where the design sheet is attached, on an outer side of an outer peripheral edge of the first adhesive surface,

wherein the gas groove is provided on the second adhesive surface, and

the gas groove communicates with a discharge side of the breathable waterproof sheet.

2. The battery pack according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the first adhesive surface is disposed on an inner side of the second adhesive surface, and the design sheet attached to the second adhesive surface has a larger area than an area of the breathable waterproof sheet attached to the first adhesive surface, and covers an entire surface of the breathable waterproof sheet.

3. The battery pack according to claim 2 ,

wherein the gas groove includes a plurality of the gas grooves, and the plurality of the gas grooves comprise a plurality of rows of the plurality of the gas grooves provided on the second adhesive surface.

4. The battery pack according to claim 3 ,

wherein the plurality of the gas grooves are disposed in a grid pattern.

5. The battery pack according to claim 2 ,

wherein a large recess is provided on a surface of the outer case,

a bottom of the large recess serves as the second adhesive surface,

a small recess is further provided on the second adhesive surface, and

a bottom surface of the small recess serves as the first adhesive surface.

6. The battery pack according to claim 5 ,

wherein the large recess is deeper than a thickness of the design sheet, and

the design sheet is attached to the second adhesive surface in a state where a surface of the design sheet does not protrude from the surface of the outer case.

7. The battery pack according to claim 5 ,

wherein the small recess is deeper than a thickness of the breathable waterproof sheet,

an air layer is provided between the breathable waterproof sheet and the design sheet, and the air layer communicates with the gas groove.

8. The battery pack according to claim 1 ,

wherein the design sheet, viewed in a thickness direction thereof, overlaps an entire width of the gas groove formed in the second adhesive surface.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 29, 2023
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC ENERGY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 064745/0391 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2020
From: NAKANO, MASAYA; FUKUMORI, JYUNICHI; FUKUTOME, KAZUAKI; ARIKAWA, HIROSHI
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054413/0246 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-031717 · Feb 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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